Stealing a Gift: Kierkegaard's Pseudonyms and the BibleFordham Univ Press, 2004 - 206 sider This book studies the use of biblical quotations in Kierkegaard's pseudonymous works, as well as Kierkegaard's hermeneutical methods in general. Kierkegaard's mode of writing in these works--indeed, the very method of indirect communication--consists in a certain appropriation of the Bible. Kierkegaard thus becomes God's "plagiarist," repeating the Bible by reinscribing it into his own texts, where it becomes a part of his philosophical discourse and relates to most of his conceptual constructions. The Bible might also be called a gift, but a gift that does not belong to Kierkegaard, one he merely passes along to his reader. The invisible omnipresence of God's Word in the pseudonymous works, as opposed to the signed ones, forces us to revisit the entire distinction between the religious and the aesthetic. |
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... thought . Trinity College , Cambridge , provided me with a research grant for three years . My deepest gratitude goes to George , for his unfailing support and generosity , and for being a utopian reader - understanding the author ...
... Thought of Søren Kierkegaard.15 Since it is a major study I feel I should justify why I shall not refer to it further in my work . Although I agree with Rosas's chief claim about the important role of appropriation through inwardness ...
... thought and writing.19 Third , Rosas represents just the kind of reification of the abyss between the religious and the aesthetic that I find so unfor- tunate . Since Rosas sees the pseudonyms as caricatures , he naturally and ...
... thought it particularly important to appreciate the finer points of the original text , I gave quotations both in English and Danish . The structure of my book is characterized by a movement from the more general to the concrete , and ...
... thought and that of words : repetitio sententiarum and repetitio verborum.8 However , from Cicero onward , rhetoric was more concerned with verba than with res . On the other hand , quotation in the ancient times signified not only an ...